Mexico

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Community-based Valuation and Management of
Environmental Services in Mexico, the
Philippines and Vietnam
PILOT PROJECT 2003

• Mexico
• Payment for Environmental Services
• The Greening of the Mexican Forest Ejido
• SEMARNAT
• INE/CONABIO
• CIDE
• IBEROAMERICANA

NATIONAL PROGRAM Cruzada por los Bosques y El
Agua

• SANREM PROJECT (2003-2006)
• participatory approaches
• ejido capacity-building

• U.C. Berkeley/
• SANREM
• CSRD
• ARE
• Beahrs ELP

• Vietnam
• Designing Incentives for In-situ Conservation of
  Biodiversity (tropical home gardens traditional
  farming systems)
• IPGRI
• CRES/Univ. Hanoi
• MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

• Philippines
• Identification/Valuation of Env. Services at
  Lake Sebu, Mindanao (address
  de-adoption)
• Watershed committees
• UPLB
• DENR/DAR

SEARCA
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SANREM PROJECT Community-based Valuation and
Management of Environmental Services in Mexico,
Philippines and Vietnam Research Hypotheses

• Hypothesis 1 Use of participatory investigative
  techniques add significant value to understanding
  the causes and patterns of deforestation and
  de-adoption of conservation activities
  (conversion to market gardening in Vietnam).
• Hypothesis 2 Inclusion of needs assessment and
  capacity-building components will significantly
  increase ejido/farmer PES participation levels
  and program effectiveness.
• Hypothesis 3 Investment in community
  capacity-building on environmental services will
  narrow the gap between private and social land
  use optima, irrespective of participation in
  particular PES or conservation programs.

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SANREM PROJECT Community-based Valuation and
Management of Environmental Services in Mexico,
Philippines and Vietnam Research activities,
approach and methods

• Year 1 Conduct Community Participatory
  Appraisals (CPAs) in ten target ejidos,
  Philippines and Vietnam. Explore opportunity
  costs associated with conservation. Design
  capacity-building components based on appraisal
  results and needs assessments.
• Year 2 Organize, facilitate and evaluate
  capacity-building workshops . Provide support to
  the Mexican pilot project evaluation and design
  of national PES program. Assess government and
  market-based options to compensate farmers for
  site-specific environmental services in the
  Philippines. Develop a menu of economic
  incentives for in situ conservation of
  biodiversity in Vietnam. Commission research
  papers from all three teams.
• Year 3 Organize and carry-out cross-field site
  visits (Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam). Organize
  and conduct a cross-learning global workshop.
  Support training of trainers for ejido-based
  participatory research and capacity-building
  components of national PES program. In the
  Philippines and Vietnam, assist agricultural
  extension to develop community-based
  capacity-building programs in valuation,
  management and monitoring of environmental
  services.